James L. Rubart and Free Books!

What if you could talk to your 23 year old self? What would you say to them?

Before we meet today's featured author, I want to announce that the winner of the signed copy of Marta Perry's The Rebel is:

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And now let's revisit with novelist James L. Rubart, author of the contemporary, "slipstream" novel, The Five Times I Met Myself (Harper Collins Christian Publishing, November 2015).

James L. Rubart is 28 years old, but lives trapped inside an older man's body. He thinks he's still young enough to water ski like a madman and dirt bike with his two grown sons, and loves to send readers on journeys they'll remember months after they finish one of his stories.

He's the best-selling, Christy, INSPY, and RT Book Reviews award winning author of seven novels as well as a professional speaker. During the day he runs his marketing company which helps businesses, authors, and publishers make more coin of the realm.

He lives with his amazing wife on a small lake in eastern Washington.

Please tell us three random things we might not know about you.

-- I used to be a semi-pro magician.

-- I’m a scuba diver.

-- I crushed the fingers of my right hand under a table saw when I was one and a half. Doctors said the fingers would never grow. They did. Miracle? Yes.

I do love how the adventure you've incorporated into your personal life--whether by choice or accident--seems to give energy to your creativity in writing.

Please tell us a bit more about the plot of The Five Times I Met Myself.

What if you met your twenty-three-year-old self in a dream? What would you say?

Brock Matthews’ once promising life is unraveling. His coffee company. His marriage.

So when he discovers his vivid dreams—where he encounters his younger self—might let him change his past mistakes, he jumps at the chance. The results are astonishing, but also disturbing.

Because getting what Brock wants most in the world will force him to give up the one thing he doesn’t know how to let go . . . and his greatest fear is that it’s already too late.

What is it about Brock that will make your readers care about him?

Brock has regrets—just like we all do. Life hasn’t turned out the way he wanted it to. He wishes he could go back and make different choices. He longs to make things right, so in many ways he is us. We want to do the same things, so we care about Brock because we care about ourselves, and find so much of ourselves in Brock.

If you were the casting director for the film version of your novel, who would play your lead roles?

Brock- A younger version of Harrison Ford





Karissa- Diane Lane





Young Brock- Miles Teller





Ron- Christopher Meloni






Dr. Shagool- Gary Oldman







How would you complete this sentence: Had I known twenty years ago what I know today, I would have …

Taken more risks, stood up for myself more, lived more in the moment than in the past or the future.

I would imagine you delved into much of that while writing your current novel.

What is the last novel you read that you would recommend?

Just re-read ARENA , by Karen Hancock. It’s brilliant modern day version of Pilgrims Progress, but not overt.

I think that was the first Inspirational Sci-Fi novel I ever read, and I loved it. So exciting. I'm embarrassed to say I didn't recognize it as Pilgrim's Progress. Now I want to read it again!

What are you working on now?

I’m just wrapping up my next novel, The Long Journey to Jake Palmer, and it’s a fun one. It’s about a man who is searching for a lost corridor at the end of a lake in Oregon, where if he finds the corridor and gets through to the other side, he’ll get what he wants most in the world. It comes out in August.

Where else can readers find you online?

On my website jameslrubart.com where they can subscribe to my newsletter which is the best way to keep up with what I’m doing. Also, on Facebook and on Twitter: @jamesLrubart


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Finally, what question would you like to ask my readers?

What’s the one choice you would ask your twenty three year old self to make differently?

I love that question! Looking forward to hearing what people say. (I'll post too.)

Thanks, Jim, for visiting with us and telling us about your novel.

Readers, Jim has offered to give a signed copy of his book to the winner of our drawing on Monday, April 25. To enter, leave a comment below in answer to Jim's question, above. "Please enter me" won't get you entered. The drawing is done by email, so leave your email address, like so: trish[at]trishperry[dot]com. 

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